Like many before him, Pedro Pascal “can’t see sh*t” with that Mandalorian mask on
Din Djardin reveals what we long believed: Mandalorians can’t see through those masks
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Say what you will about Pedro Pascal, but at least his characters make their vulnerabilities easy to spot. Whether he’s working with a plucky sidekick or a baby in the passenger seat, the guy is always playing characters undone by their commitment to babysitting. Maybe this would seem more wholesome in different settings because, set against fascist empires and mushroom monsters, his unforced errors create tension week to week.
But one weakness Star Wars fans have long been curious about is the Mandalorian mask. For instance, how the hell does anyone see out of that thing? The answer: They don’t. In fact, you “can’t see shit” with it on. Speaking to Empire (via Deadline), The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal explained the horror of wearing that costume. “It’s like putting on a head-to-toe glove with weights on it,” he said. “It’s ironic that you can’t see any facial expression because it puts you in the world so completely, and instantly makes the character feel real—but you can’t see shit!”
Though, things have gotten a little better. “They’ve continued to finesse and
make it more comfortable, but it’s like going blind,” Pascal said.
“Your breath completely fogs up the narrow slit that you can see
through. There’s no peripheral vision. If there’s a hole, I’m gonna fall
into it.”
This is a common problem in a galaxy far, far away. In 2022, Hayden Christensen described the Darth Vader helmet as having “very limited visibility,” like one of those AMC pricing tiers. Never one to complain, C-3PO also had trouble seeing in the costume. Anthony Daniel has played C-3PO numerous times and said that he “completely lost connectivity with my body, the world” the first time he tried on that golden armor. More importantly, he continues, “I couldn’t really see, apart from the eyes in the center and I had no idea what my elbows were doing, which were way bigger than my elbows, my shoulders were bigger, my legs were kind of trapped.”
The most famous Star Wars character to have their vision blocked by a mask is Luke Skywalker, who can’t see a thing with the blast shield down. Maybe if Djin used the Force a little more, he wouldn’t have such a hard time.
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So instead of “This is the way” it’s “Help me find my way.”
Maybe Peter Frampton can show you.
I would assume the opposite, no?
“Is this the way?”
hahha
Take your damn star
Seems to be a common problem in Star Wars.
This is canonically the reason that stormtroopers shoot badly. Not even joking.
Confirmed in season 2 of Rebels:
Indeed!
Obi Wan must have hit his head too if he thinks stormtroopers are good shots.
I think it was TFA where they paid homage to this scene by having a stormtrooper bonk his head in similar fashion going back into a ship.
No wonder – the top slit on that thing is tiny, and tapers towards the end to eliminate anything resembling peripheral vision. The IRL helmets it was based on had more sensible openings:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbute
I always assumed that “In Universe” they have a heads up display inside the helmet ala Iron Man.
Say what you will about Pedro Pascal He kicks puppies, he makes napalm for a local right-wing group, he grooms, he normalizes and I’m pretty sure he’s in Hunter Biden’s laptop somewhere.
I hear he has strong views on vaccines too.
“Han, I can’t see SHIT in this helmet!”
“Take it easy, kid! It’s a PG movie!”
Phew, I’ve been wondering.
BTW, has Anthony Daniels done anything that isn’t Star Wars related? Because he sure whines a lot about the costume and all…
he earned it. the fuck have you done?
Would it be that hard to give him the kind of set up Tony Stark has in Iron Man?
I’d rather hear from the actor who is actually on set in the costume doing all those scenes.